Palacio de la Generalidad Valenciana
Gothic seat of a medieval tax authority, crowned by a gold-leafed Renaissance hall inside its tower.
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This guide to the Palacio de la Generalidad Valenciana traces how a medieval tax office, founded around 1362 to collect a levy on Valencia's food and wine, financed the Gothic palace you're standing in. It follows the construction that began in 1421 and the fortune later spent gilding the Salon Dorado's carved wooden ceiling. You'll hear about the room's other use, when deputies weren't meeting there. Look up at the coffered ceiling; every carved panel was paid for a coin at a time, out of someone's dinner.
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